# myths
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38:11Myths busted: catharsis and beyondLeanne Elliott: And are there any myths that you're busting in the book that people might be surprised by? I remember when the first time that we had you on the podcast, we talked about anger primarily and how things likEP 247 · 6 Nov 2025·interview· 38:11–40:1020:53Truth or Lie: Are left-handed people more creative?Al Elliott: Yeah, I'm not gonna put a theme tune in this week. Sorry, I know I've disappointed you. Anyway, time for Truth or Lie, which is our weekly myth-busting segment. This is where we take those psychology soundbitEP 236 · 30 Sept 2025·truth or lie· 20:53–31:1055:58Why those 'working from home is bad' articles are dumbAl Elliott: End of Leanne Elliott: Okay, the early stage. But then you've got these articles going, it was found that people working from home were 3% less productive, right? Well, can I make a suggestion? Why don't you EP 156 · 24 Dec 2024·other· 55:58–56:5510:50The biggest misconceptions about leadershipJohn Amaechi OBE: The biggest misconception is, is really drawn from the way that we create leaders, because we don't really distinguish in workplaces or organizational systems between a manager and a leader. We assume tEP 82 · 14 Mar 2024·interview· 10:50–12:290:33The myth of cathartic aggressionRyan Martin: Nice Al Elliott: Check out hopspot.com, the agentic customer platform for growing businesses Ryan Martin: The idea that that's a good way to let anger out— there's zero evidence that that's a good, healthy wEP 81 · 8 Mar 2024·interview· 0:33–2:1134:06Dispelling common myths about anger and its managementRyan Martin: I think sometimes anger can be really— can have a team-building effect, meaning if If we're all angry at the same people or in the same way, it can really build camaraderie that way. So sometimes a leader's EP 81 · 8 Mar 2024·interview· 34:06–38:1616:25Generational views — debunking the 'Gen Z only' mythSarah Hughes: No, and it's funny actually because I've got, I've, I've got my own Gen Zer, I've got my own kid, and, um, we, you know, we have these discussions all the time and, uh, it's really, really interesting. And EP 79 · 23 Feb 2024·interview· 16:25–18:0221:31The absurd 'trans people are predators' narrativeAl Elliott: You may have seen the other argument from certain people who we won't name on YouTube, that this is just an excuse for men to get access to female-only areas. So is there any truth to this? Well, who better tEP 77 · 8 Feb 2024·panel interview· 21:31–24:282:41Myth 1 — Workplace culture is just a passing fadAl Elliott: Yeah. Go to Instagram. Okay. So today we're gonna tackle a number of lies about workplace culture. Now, I say a number because we'll just see how long we've got because we wanna keep this around about 40 minuEP 50 · 3 Aug 2023·other· 2:41–10:3042:23The 'toxic workplaces are just part of the deal' argument, demolished — part 3Al Elliott: Alright. So here's my argument number 3, and I've heard this quite a lot. It's this whole idea that toxic workplaces are just part of the world of work. Like, I put up with it. And to be fair, Like people, peEP 34 · 12 Apr 2023·other· 42:23–46:22
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